Russell Baker
Russell Baker | |
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| Born | Russell Wayne Baker August 14, 1925 Loudoun County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 21, 2019 (aged 93) Leesburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Education | Baltimore City College, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer, narrator |
| Notable work | Growing Up |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize (1979, 1983) |
Russell Wayne Baker (August 14, 1925 – January 21, 2019) was an American journalist, narrator, writer of Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical commentary and self-critical prose, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Growing Up (1983). He was a columnist for The New York Times for 36 years, and hosted eleven seasons of the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 stated: "Baker, thanks to his singular gift of treating serious, even tragic events and trends with gentle humor, has become an American institution."